Today's News

Audrey Young and Reece Westbrook won the Jefferson County Little Miss and Mister Pageant. They will be competing at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville this week. Young is the daughter of Troy and Dana Young. Westbrook is the son of Rob and Hollie Westbrook.

Twenty-one young ladies have been practicing for the upcoming Junior Miss program. On Saturday, Aug. 8, they had the opportunity to cool off with a pool party at historic Clay Hill.

In addition to practicing, Junior Miss participants are currently selling Friends of Junior Miss tickets for $15, which entitle "friends" to admission to the Aug. 29 event and a program. Tickets may be purchased in advance through Aug. 24 from Junior Miss participants. All proceeds go to providing scholarships for participants.

Jessica Hedgespeth was recently honored with a baby shower, given by the Reynolds family, the Hedgespeth family and Good Hope Baptist Church. She and her husband, Bobby, have a new baby boy, Chase Thomas Reynolds, who was born on July 31.

Marie Karnes celebrated her 94th birthday with friends and residents of Jackson Tower, where she has lived for 27 years. Karnes received many cards with 27 cents in each, representing her years of residence.

Getting a child to read is sometimes difficult, I've been told. Teenagers might rather play video games, go to the movies or spend time with their friends. But a surprising phenomenon has taken over recently ... one that's drawing today's teenagers in droves to book stores. And I have to admit, without any embarrassment at all, that I've been bitten by the phenomenon, too.

It seems today that if you want to make it big, you need only to write a book or screenplay about vampires, and you're set.

Enrollment at local schools is on target, and officials expect those numbers to increase even more as the school year continues.

At the Campbellsville Independent School District, enrollment stands at 1,075. Last year, the figure was 1,093.

At Campbellsville Elementary School, according to Campbellsville Independent Superintendent Mike Deaton, enrollment is the highest it has been in at least a decade, at 493 students. The District also boasts 38 preschool students, which is almost at its capacity, Deaton said.

Elizabeth Marcum, 6, donated her hair to Locks of Love, an organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Marcum is the daughter of Daniel and Laura Marcum of Glens Fork. Her grandparents are Janet and Harold Marcum of Magnolia and Tom and Phyllis Milby of Campbellsville. Local great-grandparents are Jewell Beard and Patsy and Rex Brown.